Introduction

Whatsapp is a clear global leader of instant messengers and is often used by billions of people around the world.It has also succeeded to conquer facebook in terms of daily active users and new signups.No doubt Whatsapp is the best IM app out there because all of our friends live in it, that's why we do not want to switch to some other platform. Today there are many alternatives of whatsapp but 'Hike messenger' is the only app which have enough guts to challenge whatsapp makers. However Telegram is also a good whatsapp alternative but it is only available for android and iphone users. So in this post, we will be considering hike which is struggling hard to steal the whatsapp users permanently. So lets figure out the 11 strong reasons which are in favour of hike messenger.

Allowable Media Size and Media Quality

Hike allows a maximum of 100MB of size per file against a mere 16MB on Whatsapp. However, it may be agreed that 16MB is more than enough for images and audio files, but the video files are easily greater than 16MB creating a problem for the users.

Also, Whatsapp has the option of trimming and compressing the videos which degrade the original quality. Also, quality of the transferred images is altered too.

Referral Rewards

Hike made its user base of 20 million by luring users into downloading the app and rewarding them with talktime recharges. Hike pays Rs. 20 for each successful referral and Rs. 15 to the new user who signs up. The user can redeem the money as a talktime for his phone after the minimum earning of Rs. 50. If you are on postpaid plan then after the hike reward redemption, your next bill amount will get reduced by the amount you redeemed.

Document Support

Whatsapp does not support document formats.

Hike supports document formats like .ppt, .docx, .pdf etc. One advantage that users have here is that they can transfer document files of upto 100MB while most email clients only provide with 25MB limit

Custom Chat Themes for Conversations

Whatsapp allows you to change the background wallpaper, but Hike offers even more. Hike lets you have customised themes for each conversation that is visible to both the end users.

Stickers and Emoticons

While Whatsapp started the emoticon revolution using the Emoji icons, it has remained the more or less the same for years now.

Though not an original idea, Hike supports many exciting stickers that just add the spice to the conversations :P These stickers are regularly updated every 2-3 months

Hike is more secure to Eavesdropping

Whatsapp messages are saved on the SD card of the device. These chat logs are encrypted, but extracting conversations from them is easy. In fact, the internet is loaded with tutorials for the same :P

Hike messenger has an option of 128 bit SSL encryption inside settings->privacy. This means chats are safe with Hike even on a public Wi-Fi. Encryption inside settings->privacy.